Nat Geo Photographer Paul Nicklen Warns of Social Media Impostor Scams, Part 1
The Perfect Scam
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4.5 • 980 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen is renowned for incredible, one-of-a kind images of polar bears, leopard seals, narwhals and other unique species in some of the world’s coldest, most menacing climates. Sharing these intimate portraits and his experiences in places few will ever visit has gained him a large, devoted following on social media. Unfortunately, scammers have also taken notice and are operating hundreds of impostor accounts targeting his followers. Meanwhile, a veteran and his wife fight to reclaim his highjacked Facebook account from scammers.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on The Perfect Camp. |
| 0:02.0 | Hi there. A few weeks ago I had applied for a job online and received an email saying that this was Paul Nicklin and he would like me to work for him. |
| 0:12.0 | Dear Paul, I follow you online and love the work you do. |
| 0:15.0 | I am writing out of concern. |
| 0:18.0 | I received a direct message today from Paul Nicklin, |
| 0:21.0 | 221 and 49. |
| 0:23.0 | Are these you... |
| 0:24.0 | Hello, I'm Paul Nicklin. |
| 0:26.0 | Thank you for your comment on my official page. |
| 0:28.0 | I will love to know what you think of my career. |
| 0:31.0 | These kids called my office and they said just so you know our mother has |
| 0:36.8 | left our dad they've wired the fake you all the money we know it's not you but |
| 0:41.1 | she's in love with the scam version of you and she's |
| 0:45.1 | waiting for you in a city to go on this you know this journey of this love |
| 0:49.6 | affair with you and that's what it just ripped my heart out. I mean we're talking to the tune of almost |
| 0:54.2 | a hundred thousand dollars that was sent like life savings and that that just was a punch in the |
| 0:59.5 | gut. Welcome back to the perfect scam. I'm your host Bob Sullivan. Paul Nicklin is a world famous |
| 1:09.5 | wildlife photographer. He's won pretty much every major award shooting polar bears, |
| 1:14.8 | leopard seals, and other rare animals in some of the world's coldest, most menacing |
| 1:19.9 | climates for National Geographic. |
| 1:22.6 | Naturally, he has a massive following on social media, |
| 1:26.7 | particularly on Instagram, where you can see his incredible intimate portraits |
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